IN RE HOLESH MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of FELISHA MARIE HOLESH and
MONICA LATRICE HOLESH, Minors.
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY,
UNPUBLISHED
November 12, 1999
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 216432
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 97-358821
LEE MCCANT,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
BESSIE MARIE HOLESH,
Respondent.
Before: Whitbeck, P.J., and Gribbs and White, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right the family court order terminating his parental rights to
the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i), (g)
and (j). We affirm.
Respondent-appellant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel where he was allowed
to converse in private with trial counsel prior to both hearings and was present at each hearing via
speaker phone. People v Stanaway, 446 Mich 643, 687-688; 521 NW2d 557 (1994); People v
Poole, 218 Mich App 702, 717-718; 555 NW2d 485 (1996); In re Vasquez, 199 Mich
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App 44, 47-50; 501 NW2d 231 (1993). Furthermore, respondent-appellant has not indicated how his
physical presence would have changed the outcome of the hearing. Accordingly, ineffective assistance
of counsel has not been established. Stanaway, supra.
Affirmed.
/s/ William C. Whitbeck
/s/ Roman S. Gribbs
/s/ Helene N. White
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